The long marble-paved street of Ephesus at first light, empty, lined with colonnades, the terraced houses climbing the hillside beyond under a wide pale dawn sky.

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Ephesians Intro

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Who wrote it

Paul

Apostle, writing in chains

Paul names himself in the first line. Some scholars doubt he wrote it, but the church received it as his from the start.Ephesians 1:1
Written in chains, traditionally from Rome, around AD 60–62.Ephesians 6:20
Tychicus carried it, probably along with Colossians and Philemon.Ephesians 6:21
For believers in Ephesus, and perhaps meant for several churches in the province of Asia.Many scholars

How it’s built

Believe, then walk

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Three chapters on what God has done, then three on how to live it. The hinge is 4:1: walk worthy of your calling.

Big themes

Four threads to follow

Where it was written

Stylised map · locations approximate

On the map

From Rome to Ephesus

Traditionally written in Rome, where Paul was kept under guard, and carried to Ephesus by Tychicus. Colossae, which got its letter at the same time, lies inland.

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For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.

Ephesians 2:8–9

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Paul was in chains, so someone else had to take the letter.

Who carried the letter to Ephesus?

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